9 Kate Salembier
Kate Salembier
  • Height:
    5'10"
  • Year:
    2024
  • Hometown:
    Sierra Madre, Calif.
  • High School:
    Polytechnic
  • Position:
    OH/RS
  • Major:
    Media Arts & Sciences
  • Pronunciation:
    Kate Suh-LAM-bee-ay
  • m
    25
  • k/s
    2.57
  • h %
    .160
  • a/s
    0.13
  • b/s
    0.14
  • sa/s
    0.41
  • d/s
    2.35

Bio

Collegiate Career Honors:
  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021, 2022)
2022:
  • Played in all 25 matches as a junior for the Blue
  • Led the Blue with 234 kills and 37 service aces, in addition to 215 digs
  • Had career high 17 kills in a 3-2 win over Keene State on Sept. 22
  • Had at least 10 digs and 10 kills in seven different games
2021:
  • Competed in 17 matches as a sophomore
  • Made collegiate debut on Sept. 4 against Rivier
  • Totaled 56 kills, 38 digs, and 14 total blocks
  • Had a season high eight kills in a 3-1 win over Suffolk on Oct. 9
2020:

  • Did not participate due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Before Wellesley:
  • Attended Polytechnic School, graduated in 2020
  • Was a one sport athlete in volleyball, played on the varsity team for four years
  • Helped guide the Polytechnic team to the CIF Division 4 Finals in 2018, and Division 3 Semi-Finals in 2019
  • Was captain of the volleyball team during junior and senior season
  • Voted Most Valuable Player junior and senior season
  • Was awarded first team all league senior season
Personal:
  • Daughter of Hunt Salembier and Lyn Beecher
  • Born in Sierra Madre, Calif.
  • Has one sister, Grace
Why Wellesley?
  • Chose to attend Wellesley because of the incredible academics and competitive volleyball program

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 18 at Smith L, 3-0
Oct 19 Regis (Mass.) L, 3-2
Oct 20 Salve Regina L, 3-1
Oct 25 Clark W, 3-2
Oct 27 at Brandeis L, 3-0
Oct 29 WPI L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Matches 25 10
Sets 91 37
Kills 234 85
Kills per set 2.57 2.30
Errors 118 40
Total Attacks 727 279
Total Attacks per set 7.99 7.54
Hitting Percentage .160 .161
Assists 12 8
Assists per set 0.13 0.22
Service Aces 37 12
Service Errors 8 1
Service Aces per set 0.41 0.32
Receptions 347 146
Reception Errors 54 20
Digs 214 77
Digs per set 2.35 2.08
Block Solo 2 2
Block Assist 11 1
Block Total 13 3
Blocks per set 0.14 0.08
Block Errors 1 0
Ball Handling Errors 1 0
Points 278.5 99.5
Points per set 3.1 2.7
Matches started 16 7
Date Opponent Score ms s k e ta pct a sa se r re digs bs ba be tot bhe pts
Sep 2 vs. Suffolk L, 3-0 1 3 8 4 18 .222 0 2 0 6 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 10.5
Sep 3 vs. Me.-Presque Isle W, 3-1 - 4 7 4 21 .143 0 4 1 6 1 15 0 1 0 1 0 11.5
Sep 3 at Eastern Nazarene L, 3-1 1 4 3 5 26 -.077 0 0 1 14 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3.0
Sep 7 Norwich W, 3-0 - 3 14 4 28 .357 1 2 1 10 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Sep 10 at Rivier L, 3-0 - 3 9 5 23 .174 0 0 0 20 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 9.0
Sep 10 vs. Castleton W, 3-0 1 3 12 6 33 .182 1 2 1 11 4 14 0 1 0 1 0 14.5
Sep 13 Babson L, 3-1 - 4 6 5 24 .042 0 1 0 26 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 7.0
Sep 17 at Springfield L, 3-0 1 3 4 3 16 .063 0 0 0 7 2 5 0 1 0 1 0 4.5
Sep 20 at MIT L, 3-0 1 3 5 1 20 .200 0 0 1 15 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 22 Keene St. W, 3-2 - 5 17 11 51 .118 0 2 1 30 4 16 0 2 0 2 0 20.0
Sep 24 Mass.-Dartmouth L, 3-0 - 3 8 3 19 .263 0 3 0 2 1 6 0 2 0 2 0 12.0
Sep 27 Emerson L, 2-0 - 3 4 3 15 .067 0 1 0 9 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 5.0
Sep 29 New England Col. W, 3-0 - 3 13 6 35 .200 1 4 1 11 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 17.0
Oct 1 at Mount Holyoke L, 3-2 1 5 11 6 38 .132 2 1 0 17 0 15 1 0 0 1 0 13.0
Oct 4 at Wheaton L, 3-0 - 3 9 2 25 .280 1 2 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.0
Oct 8 Westfield St. W, 3-0 1 3 10 2 22 .364 0 2 0 6 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 12.5
Oct 11 Coast Guard L, 3-1 1 4 15 7 43 .186 3 1 0 26 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Oct 15 at Roger Williams W, 3-2 1 5 15 3 42 .286 0 0 1 24 3 18 0 0 0 0 0 15.0
Oct 15 vs. Johnson & Wales (RI) L, 3-0 1 3 5 4 29 .034 0 1 0 11 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 6.0
Oct 18 at Smith L, 3-0 1 3 7 6 21 .048 0 1 0 10 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Oct 19 Regis (Mass.) L, 3-2 1 5 15 9 41 .146 0 2 0 29 4 11 0 1 0 1 1 17.5
Oct 20 Salve Regina L, 3-1 1 4 5 7 31 -.065 1 1 0 4 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 6.5
Oct 25 Clark W, 3-2 1 5 14 4 40 .250 2 2 0 20 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 16.0
Oct 27 at Brandeis L, 3-0 1 3 8 5 29 .103 0 0 0 17 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 8.0
Oct 29 WPI L, 3-1 1 4 10 3 37 .189 0 3 0 11 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 14.0
  m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
2021-22 17 52 56 1.08 57 237 -.004 5 0.10 1 0.02 95 15 38 0.73 1 13 14 0.27 64.5 1.2
2022-23 25 91 234 2.57 118 727 .160 12 0.13 37 0.41 347 54 214 2.35 2 11 13 0.14 278.5 3.1
2023-24 25 86 152 1.77 111 475 .086 5 0.06 0 0.00 10 4 39 0.45 0 22 22 0.26 163.0 1.9
Total 67 229 442 1.93 286 1439 .108 22 0.10 38 0.17 452 73 291 1.27 3 46 49 0.21 506.0 2.2
    m s k k/s e ta pct a a/s sa sa/s r re digs d/s bs ba tot b/s pts pts/s
Event Total 25 91 234 2.57 118 727 .160 12 0.13 37 0.41 347 54 214 2.35 2 11 13 0.14 278.5 3.1
Conference 10 37 85 2.30 40 279 .161 8 0.22 12 0.32 146 20 77 2.08 2 1 3 0.08 99.5 2.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 12 46 131 2.85 64 386 .174 8 0.17 24 0.52 184 25 106 2.30 1 7 8 0.17 159.5 3.5
Away 9 32 71 2.22 36 240 .146 3 0.09 4 0.13 129 22 67 2.09 1 1 2 0.06 76.5 2.4
Neutral 4 13 32 2.46 18 101 .139 1 0.08 9 0.69 34 7 41 3.15 0 3 3 0.23 42.5 3.3
Result Wins 8 31 102 3.29 40 272 .228 5 0.16 18 0.58 118 18 94 3.03 0 5 5 0.16 122.5 4.0
Losses 17 60 132 2.20 78 455 .119 7 0.12 19 0.32 229 36 120 2.00 2 6 8 0.13 156.0 2.6
Month September 13 44 110 2.50 60 329 .152 3 0.07 21 0.48 167 37 107 2.43 0 8 8 0.18 135.0 3.1
October 12 47 124 2.64 58 398 .166 9 0.19 16 0.34 180 17 107 2.28 2 3 5 0.11 143.5 3.1